We’re staying in an area of Ouagadougou called Zogona, where chickens and goats run on the streets and children are playing with old tires. There are two big, paved main streets running through it, but all side streets are dry mud and potholes. It has this mix of quite fancy homes with high walls around them, as well as simpler houses and small metal boxes acting as bars or snack kiosks or cyber cafes. Small restaurants, shops and trees, and people sitting in the shadow at every street corner, taking it easy, enjoying the company of friends in the midday heat. It is a nice area, calm and lively at the same time.
Enjoying a mandarin Fanta at the local bar.
Katja Malmborg 